Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Robert Theodore Curran Papers: Part 2 comprise a small portion of the personal papers of foreign service official Robert Theodore Curran. Of particular interest is a series of letters written by Curran to his parents describing his experiences during the summer of 1949 studying at the Rethel School in Dusseldorf, Germany. Curran relates his observations about life in Germany and comments on some trips he took while there. Also of note is a group of photographs and postcards from Moscow,...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Robert Theodore Curran Papers 1 document the foreign service career of Robert Theodore Curran. Containing correspondence, printed materials, photographs, and other materials, the Curran Papers provide a glipse into the life of a career foreign service officer. Material from Curran's time in Germany, Yemen, Mexico, and Morocco is retained. Correspondents include Congressmen Robert P. Griffin and Guy Vander Jagt, Ambassador Joseph Verner Read, and Philip E. Mosely. While the documents span...

Scope and Contents The papers of R. Emmett Curran, a longtime history professor at Georgetown University, consist of historical research material concerning two major topics: the history of Georgetown University and the history of the Catholic Church in America. The Georgetown University portion of the collection includes typed biographical files documenting faculty who taught at the college from 1789 to 1920 and students who attended the college from 1789 to 1955. The Georgetown University-related material...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of copies (both digital and microfilmed) of documents related to the Jesuit's mission in Maryland that are held by the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI), also known as the Archives of the Jesuit Curia in Rome.One portion of the collection was provided by ARSI (on DVDs). The other portion consists of copies of ARSI documents that were obtained by Francis X. Curran, S.J. sometime prior to 1960.Digital copies of documents from both portions...

Scope and Contents Brochure published by Medical Center with text of of 4 lectures: "Sources of the Jesuit Tradition: A History with a Future" by John W. Padberg, S.J., fall 1992; "The Jesuit Tradition and the First Hundred Years of Medicine at Georgetown: From Sundown College to Medical Center" by R. Emmett Curran, S.J., spring 1993; "Stethoscope for Divine Murmurs: Modern Psychiatry and the Jesuits" by Edwin H. Cassem, S.J., fall 1993; and "Biblical Justice and 'The Cry of the Poor: Jesuit Medicine and the...

Scope and Contents Contains copies of the History Department Newsletter for the following years: 1960-1967, 1974-1977, 1980-1983. The Newsletter documents the professional activities of History Department faculty, new faculty appointments as well as retirements. Some issues include enrollment statistics, updates on activities of the Undergraduate and Graduate programs, lists of Ph.D.'s and MA's awarded, alumni news, and an introduction from History Department Chairman Emmett Curran on the state of the...

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Collection primarily consists of manuscripts and notes pertaining to O'Connor's work on the faculty of the Georgetown University History Department. Includes printed source material relating to interracial justice and European history.

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Autograph letter signed to Stephen Van Rensselaer. Georgetown [District of Columbia]: 21 February 1828, small 4to, 2 pp.

Scope and Contents The John Early, S.J. Papers include correspondence to and from Fr. Early, a diary of events at Georgetown College from 1870 to 1872, academic and theological notes and notebooks, and printed material. In addition to material relating to Georgetown College, materials relating to Loyola College in Baltimore are present. A great deal of the information in the Georgetown University Archives relating to the impact of the Civil War on Georgetown College is to be found in the correspondence folders...

Scope and Contents The J. Havens Richards, S.J. papers consist of 1 linear foot of materials for sermons and addresses, correspondence, and other documents, dating from 1872, whilst Richards was a student at Boston College, to several decades after his death in 1923. The majority of the papers consist of outlines and notes for sermons, addresses, and lectures. Most of these date from 1899-1923, the period after Richards’ presidency, during which he served as spiritual father and minister at several...

Scope and Contents Note The William DuBourg Papers consist of 0.25 linear feet of correspondence (mainly to DuBourg), invoices, and other documents dating between 1796, the year DuBourg assumed the presidency of Georgetown College, and 1833, the year of his death. The papers are arranged in chronological order; a number are in French.The bulk of the papers dates from 1796 to 1798, the period of his Georgetown College presidency, and reflects the role of the president at that time as a procurer of goods...

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The John Dooley, SJ Papers contain reminiscences written between 1865 and 1873 detailing his service as a Confederate soldier in the First Virginia Infantry Regiment (1862-1863) and subsequent imprisonment at Fort McHenry and Johnson’s Island (1863-1865). Also includes an essay he wrote on secession (circa 1861), poetry (1870-1873), and a few pieces of correspondence (1860-1909). Materials are arranged in a rough chronological order except for the bound reminiscences in folder 8.

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The Edward B. Bunn, SJ Papers contain materials that are unrelated to or predate his administrative positions at Georgetown University, including personal correspondence, genealogical notes, and speeches made while president of Loyola College and regional director of colleges and universities for the Jesuits' Maryland Province. Of note is a letter regarding his appointment as president of Loyola College in 1938 (folder 2).

Collection-level Scope and Content Note Donated to Georgetown College by Susan Decatur, the widow of the War of 1812 naval hero Stephen Decatur (1779-1820), the Stephen and Susan Decatur Papers consist of one letter book containing letters dated from 1812 to 1813 written to Commodore Decatur congratulating him on the victory of the U.S.S. "United States" against the H.M.S. "Macedonian," two letters dated 1812 to him from U.S. Navy Secretary Paul Hamilton, and 16 letters to Susan Decatur dated between 1831 and 1845. Contained in...

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Chronological Correspondence. Arranged chronologically.

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Germany. Correspondence dated 1949 from Robert Theodore Curran to his parents regarding his time at the Rethel School in Dusseldorf, Germany. Arranged chronologically. Also includes 13 photographs from Germnay.

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Chronological Correspondence. Arranged chronologically.

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Chronological Correspondence. Arranged chronologically.